Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 14 18:02:31 EDT 1999 | JohnW
Bryan, 0402's tombstonning isn't that uncommon and usually the 1st reaction is alway's the pad size aint right. If you've followed the IPC guidline's normally you should be fine but I'd double check the component supplier's spec's as well. brian's p
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 30 16:10:10 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| I have looked through the IPC web page and surfed to frustration. Can somebody give me a lead? | Brian: We don't use an etched board. We use a special stencil, described below and print on bare copper laminate. 3 Solder Wetting Test. Recogniz
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 14 10:53:10 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Has anyone had any experience with using this alternative plating process? Some board houses are pushing toward this plating. Is there any long term data on this process? Any problems experienced with smt and thru-hole? I've heard tin whiskers to b
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 06 17:25:55 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Is there any problem using SMT on gold boards? 15 years ago we were told not to use gold boards, but I can't remember why. Judging by the other postings it now appears to be common. Only problem I see is that the nickel should be plated, not ele
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 07:46:46 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| We have mixed to negative feelings about Omikron, but I beileve it is due to problems with the board fabricator rather than the process itself. When done properly, our Omikron boards have had very good solderability. However, we have had several
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 07 10:59:11 EST 2002 | pjc
IPC-7525 "Stencil Design Guidelines" is a good reference document to have. Here are notes from a Tessera, (a major mBGA mfg.), study- "Application Note Solder Stencil Requirement for mBGA" The stencil aperture is to be square, equal in size to the l
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 21 05:44:07 EST 2002 | kcorrin
We produce several boards with reflowed components on top and bottom. We are finding the solder has wetted to the leads but did not flow completely to the end of the lands. Several factors/causes?: 1) Board warping but paste deposits look good. 2) Mo
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 12 10:05:13 EST 2006 | davef
There's a lots comparisons like this on the web. Here's one: Westwood Associates said on 8/12/2003: ||HASL||OSP||ENIG||Pd||Tin||Silver Flat||no||yes||yes||yes||yes||yes Solderjoint||Cu-Sn||Cu-Sn||Ni-Sn||Ni-Sn||Cu-Sn||Cu-Sn Contact||E-test, ICT||no|
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 06 10:32:34 EST 2009 | fountain42
Yes, We've already experienced this same problem. 1) What kind of flux are you using? No Clean? Rosin? OA? 2) If it's OA, What kind of water wash do you do? Do you use DI water? How Hot? Who's machine? What are the pressures? 3) Have you performed a
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 18 11:37:10 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | | first of all what is the technical term for the small amount of solder on a plated pad. we are getting poor screen printing gasketing on a 20 mil qfp due to this solder not being even or too high in spots and not covering the length of the pa
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